Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke
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Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (b. Ernst Wilhelm Brücke on 6 July 1819 in Berlin, Germany; d. January 7 1892 in Vienna, Austria) was a German physician and physiologist.
He is noted for his influence on Sigmund Freud, one of his medical students, an influence that led to the development of the science of psychodynamics.
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- 1842 Graduated in medicine at the University of Berlin.
- 1843 Became research assistant to Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858)
- January 14, 1845 Founded the Physikalische Gesellschaft (Physical Society) in Berlin with Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) and others, in the house of physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1812-1870). Later, this became the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Society of Physics).
- 1848 Professor of Physiology at the University of Königsberg
- From 1849 Professor of Physiology at the University of Vienna.
- 1873 Knighted
- 1885 Elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- 1890 Emigrated
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